Backtracking [Infinite Stream]

Chen Hui secretly removed the lock of the back door, so that everyone can come in by themselves without alarming others.

He asked the few servants and maids in the mansion to go back to rest in advance, and the old housekeeper was also driven back to rest by him as he got older.

In the dead of night, the team members began to sneak into the mansion one by one.

Chen Hui lit an oil lamp in his room, which was the only room on the land that was lit, so that everyone could know where they met.

The door was quietly pushed open, Su was the first to come, and within half an hour everyone had gathered.

In the past two days, everyone has been busy coping with and adapting to their identities, and I am afraid that they are not used to it, even Chen Hui himself is not used to it.

Su put the oil lamp in the middle so that the outside would not be able to see the situation inside them too clearly. Chen Hui wrote down all the things he found out in the past two days on paper, and then asked other teammates to write down the clues that happened to them. go up.

The most important thing is what Master Su said when he met outside the palace.

"He mentioned Concubine Su and the First Prince. We need someone to investigate tomorrow. We can't be above board. After all, these two people have special identities. We will report to the emperor after we find out the exact information."

At the same time, Chen Hui also told everyone the news about Lou Yun, knowing that he is safe and other people are relieved.

Duan Yunlou hurriedly asked, "Is he okay, does he have a lot of delicious food there?"

"Yes, if you are hungry, you can go to Lou Yun's place. If you want to find a place to stay, there are plenty of rooms in his place."

This is where Lou Yun lived the happiest life, but everyone didn't think about him any more, so it was better to figure out the clues quickly.

Su: "The imperial concubine is not fully recovered yet. According to the emperor's love for her, we may not be able to ask her about things now."

"Then ask again in a few days, first find out about the eldest prince's affairs, and leave this matter to Yunlou and Xiaozhou. The two of you can cooperate with each other."

Nie Xiaozhou and Duan Yunlou agreed, and there will still be contacts between the prince and princess. At that time, Nie Xiaozhou will go to the prince's residence in the name of the princess.

And the young princes also like to watch acrobatics, so it is enough to ask Duan Yunlou to perform a few for them.

The few little tricks that Duan Yunlou learned out of boredom before came in handy at this time.

"Yu Sui and Guo Zhi, you watch the emperor's actions carefully, come to me if you have anything, I will stay in the palace for more than half of the time, Xinsheng, you continue to look at the imperial concubine, and there are poisoned to death A few court ladies, you should be able to know which palace they belong to tomorrow."

The team discussed for more than an hour and finalized all plans.

There are many rooms in the mansion, Chen Hui just let them rest in the surrounding rooms, now the palace gate is locked and they can’t go back, and everyone has a legitimate reason to leave the palace, except for Yu Sui who is more troublesome, but now The emperor should have fallen asleep.

As a matter of course, Su stayed by Chen Hui's side again. He propped his chin and looked at Chen Hui who was undressing with his back facing him. He lightly blew out the candle, the room darkened, and Chen Hui turned around. Glancing at him, "Still undressed and going to bed."

"Here we come." Su replied, and began to remove the cumbersome clothes on her body.

Chen Hui had been prepared for a long time, when Su hugged him from behind.

Without the cover of the heavy clothes, Su could feel Chen Hui's temperature more deeply at this moment. He had some doubts, whether what happened today was true, and would the captain really accept him?

But now the captain didn't break free from his embrace, it was true.

The two were originally about the same height, but now Su was half a head taller than Chen Hui, so Chen Hui could clearly hear Su's restless breathing.

"Go to sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow." Chen Hui took Su's hand across his waist and dragged him onto the bed.

Su was honestly walked by him, this time Su slept outside, and Chen Hui slept inside, the weather was a bit hot, the two of them only covered themselves with a thin quilt.

Su fell asleep on his side, and the two chatted casually, "Captain, where are your black crystals?"

"In the sleeve, sometimes it's so tight that I want to throw it away."

"Haha, I found a random cabinet here, and then I threw mine in." Su's voice gradually became softer, "Captain, if you feel uncomfortable in the future, just give it to me... ..."

The voice slowly disappeared, Chen Hui's eyes closed slightly, and then slowly opened again, Su stopped talking, looking at Chen Hui's sleeping face, he also gradually became sleepy.

Because they all went to bed early at night, everyone woke up early in the morning, went out to eat breakfast, and hurried back to the palace.

Chen Hui and Su were not in a hurry, they didn't enter the palace so early, the old butler prepared breakfast for them, Chen Hui knew that the old butler was almost towards him, so he didn't hide Su's existence.

Sure enough, the old butler didn't ask any more questions, and left silently after serving the breakfast.

Su would glance at Chen Hui from time to time, and Chen Hui wondered if it was unreasonable to make a statement now, what if it interfered with the progress of the case.

Chen Hui glanced at Su, thinking that probably not, everyone is a reasonable person.

When it was time to separate, Su finally returned to normal.

Chen Hui sent him away, and then thought about the things that should be investigated today. Let's go to the palace and look at the affairs of the two maids.

As soon as you enter the palace, someone will report to you.

The two maids are from Qianqing Palace and the Sixth Prince, why are they suddenly getting involved with a prince again?

Chen Hui immediately rushed over to check the registration of the maids in the two places. It was indeed correct, and it seemed that another character target was to be added.

Someone had passed all the found information to the emperor's ears, and the emperor issued an oral order, ordering Chen Hui to investigate the matter within five days, and give the noble concubine justice, or he would be demoted.

At the same time, it also gave him some convenience. Chen Hui can go to more places in the palace without restriction, and no one will stop him. He can also go to Qianqing Palace to ask Concubine Su Gui some things.

Although Concubine Su Gui is awake, she still doesn't want to see anyone, so she can only get some information from Du Xinsheng.

However, before the matter here was investigated clearly, something happened in the palace again.

There was a lotus pond near the place where the imperial concubine fainted that day, and a guard and maid drowned in it.

The little eunuch who found them was terrified. Of course, this kind of matter should be handed over to Chen Hui and the others to investigate.

The emperor became angry again, and ordered Chen Hui to investigate the case quickly, and everyone must cooperate. A huge palace is panicked because of this incident, which will have an impact on the government.

Chen Hui came to the lotus pond, Du Xinsheng was also there, and the group of court ladies and eunuchs who watched the excitement mixed with their own teammates.

The man has been fished up, and he has been dead for one night.

From the looks of it, it should have happened last night.

"Go and find out, who is the maid guard there?"

According to the adornment on the deceased and the identification of the surrounding maids, he soon learned that the maid belonged to the first prince, and the guards belonged to the sixth prince.

Such a big thing happened, but the masters of these two people did not show up.

So Chen Hui sent someone to invite the First Prince and the Sixth Prince.

Originally, the two of them loved to come or not, but now that the emperor ordered them to cooperate, the two princes had no choice but to come to the lotus pond.

The eldest prince is about 20 years old, young and vigorous, with a dignified appearance, and whenever he sees the death of his own maid, he will rely on her.

"It must be you, the guard, who fell in love with the beauty of my palace lady, but the palace lady refused to obey. The two of them were struggling by the lotus pond and accidentally fell into it, so they drowned!"

When the sixth prince heard the first prince's nonsense, he quickly said: "Who knows? Why rely on my guards, maybe it's your court lady who is flirtatious?"

The two were arguing fiercely, and Chen Hui asked them to calm down.

Swept by Chen Hui's piercing cold eyes, the two fell silent.

The sixth prince seemed to be in his teens, and he was at the age of being competitive, so how could he allow others to bully him.

The two kept staring at each other, they didn't look like brothers at all, but like rivals.

Chen Hui asked them to explain the matter of drowning their servants. Although they were not pleasing to the eye, they still honestly told what they knew because of the emperor's will.

It's the same as saying nothing, the two drowned servants are almost transparent people around the two princes, so they don't have any relevant information here.

Chen Hui let the sixth prince leave first, leaving only the eldest prince behind.

The eldest prince looked displeased, "Why do you leave me alone?"

Chen Hui didn't say a word, the indifferent look in his eyes made the eldest prince stop talking, isn't he just an official who is highly regarded by his father?How dare she look at him like that.

"What is the relationship between Concubine Su and you?"

As soon as these words came out, the eldest prince frowned very inconspicuously, but soon, he asked suspiciously: "She is a concubine and this king is a prince, what do you think is the relationship?"

Chen Hui naturally didn't miss the scene just now, "Really?"

Chen Hui's tone seemed to be a bit teasing, and the eldest prince began to frown visibly, "If you are disrespectful, this king will join you with my father!"

Chen Hui slowly said four words, "green, plum, bamboo, horse?"

The eldest prince's expression did not change, but Chen Hui still noticed that his fingers trembled uncontrollably.

"My lord, just stay here by yourself. I have to go back to deal with the government affairs my father entrusted to me."

The eldest prince flicked his sleeves, opened the door and left freely, but his back revealed a deep guilty conscience.

There are a lot of articles here, Chen Hui thought, Su must have found out what he wanted to know.

Several corpses were carefully checked by Du Xinsheng several times, and there were no other clues, and Chen Hui felt that the key clues did not lie in these implicated people.

The body was taken away for disposal, and Chen Hui left the palace, preparing to meet Tong Su.

Walking on the road to the palace, Chen Hui heard the chatter of some palace maids. He turned his head to look in doubt, but the palace maids had gone away.

He only heard about marriages, about princesses and princes, probably the emperor is making a match for someone again.

Chen Hui didn't think about it anymore. He left the palace, and there was already a carriage waiting for him in the palace. Unexpectedly, as soon as Chen Hui got into the carriage, he supported him with both hands, and then hugged him tightly in his arms.

"Captain! You must listen to my explanation!"